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Alice Sharp at the Day of Play in Birmingham 2024
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Can educators compete with the virtual world?
Who needs a curriculum? Nothing disseminates learning better than a passionate educator. But this year’s teachers have an extra challenge: by the age of five the Alpha generation has spent more time in the virtual world than in the real…
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Everyone needs attention
What if we look past children's clamourings for attention and thought, and see that this child is looking for relationship?
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Navigating relationships in SEND education
How do we navigate the difficulties of SEND education and make sure children and families get what they need and deserve?
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Supporting each child's learning journey
The journey of learning is always the longest. However much you have learned or however old you get, it is never complete, and there will always be bumps along the way to reflect upon. Our job as educators is to empower and equip children…
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Loose parts for children with diverse abilities
Create inclusive and equitable loose parts play opportunities.
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Learning from intergenerational practice
Pixie sits happily with Irene to enjoy lunch together. They are in their own world, absorbed by each other and beautifully attuned – a partnership of equals. Pixie is 14 months old and Irene 97 years young, born nearly a century apart.
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Resiliency
Resiliency reminds me of the pop-up doll I had as a child. It was egg-shaped, full of air, and had a rounded bottom that was weighted. I could push it over and it would always pop back up again. But the full experience of resiliency is…
Ron Finlay with customer in workshop
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Ron’s legacy
Ron was our company representative for decades and his sales techniques were unusual to say the least. He cared deeply about children and the importance of a carefree and joyous childhood. Ron was passionate about kids having the best…
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Get kids moving
Play is the way kids wring out their brains, for resetting and relaxing their focus so their brains are more alert when it is time to go back to the desk. It is play that helps kids build strengths and motor patterns and that helps develop…
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Promoting play in a time of virtual learning
The unprecedented transition from classrooms to virtual learning in the last months can leave us feeling hopeless and powerless, or we can choose to use the moment as a catalyst to transform early childhood education. It is time to support…
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Honouring children
It takes a village to raise a child. How can I do better, how can I give, share and love to make it a better world for me and for you? I have faith that we will get past it.
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Coping with challenging behaviour during challenging times
Here are three ideas for supporting children’s emotional development and managing challenging behaviours during challenging times, whether you are at home caring for your own children or working in early childhood programs.